Turnback bedstead-canopy support.



No.726,563. PATENTED APR..28,1903.

- I.E.PALMBR.

TURNBAGK BEDSTEAD CANOPY SUPPORT.

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I. E. PALMER.

TURNBAGK BEDSTEAD CANOPY SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3. 1902.

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ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

TU RNBACK BEDSTEAD -CANOPY SUPPORT.

:E'ECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,563, dated April 28, 1903. Application filed January 3, 1902. Serial N0. 88,262. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a cut-H zen of the United States, and a resident of Middletown, in the county of lWliddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Turnback Bedcharacter in which the canopy-supporting frame is extensible and contractible and is hinged to a pair of spring-actuated arms,

which arms are connected at their inner ends to the bedstead and at their outer ends to the said frame intermediate its outer and inner ends, whereby the frame may be brought into a substantially horizontal position and extended to support the canopy over the entire length of the bed or may be swung up into a substantially upright position and contracted to occupy a very small amount of space substantially in alinement with the headboard of the bedstead.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which will give a maximum amount of space beneath the canopy when the canopy is in use and at the same time render it feasible for use in rooms with low ceilings.

A still further object is to provide a knockdown turnback bedstead canopy support whereby the entire support can be folded into a very compact bundle for use in shipping the same.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a bedstead in side elevation with my improved turnback bedsteadcanopy support applied thereto, the frame being shown in its lowered or horizontallyextended position as in use for supporting a canopy over the bed. Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the bedstead with the frame shown swung into its upright and contracted position. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the bedstead looking toward the head of the bed where the canopy-support is attached. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail side view of the bracket and its adjacent parts, showner section.

ing the spring forconnectingone of the framesupporting arms to the bracket and the clamp for removably securing the bracket to the bedstead-post. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail top plan view of portions of the two adjacent side bars of the extensible and contractible frame'and the supporting-bar, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the same.

The head-posts of the bedstead are denoted by 1, which bedstead may be of any desired form and material, that shown herein being a conventional wooden bedstead.

The extensible and contractible canopysupporting frame is constructed and arranged as follows: The frame is composed of a plurality of sections. In the presentinstance two such sections are shown, the outer section being fitted to slide longitudinally on the in- The inner section of the frame comprises two side bars 2 and a rear crossbar 3, each of the said side bars 2 having a socket-piece 4 at its inner end provided with a longitudinal loop 4* for the reception of the cross-bar 3 and a socket-piece 5 at its outer end. The socket-piece 5 is provided with a laterally-extended loop6, through which one of the two side bars 7 of the outer section of the canopy-supporting frame is fitted to slide. Each of the side bars 7 of the outer section of the canopy-supporting frame is provided on its inner end with a socket-piece 8, having a laterally-extended loop 9, which is fitted to slide along the'side bar 2 of the inner section. The outer end of the side bar 7 of the outer section is provided with a socket-piece 10, having a longitudinal loop 11 for the reception therein of the outer cross-bar 12 of the frame. An intermediate cross-bar 13 is preferably attached to the socket-pieces 5 by engagement with loops l4,carried thereby. The cross-bars 3, l2, and 13 serve to space the side bars of the frame apart and are removably locked to the side bars by. means of fastening devices, which fastening devices in the present instance consist of screw-eyes 15, which enter the cross-bars at points between the bifurcated portions of the loops 4*, 11, and 14. These cross-bars and side bars may be made of any desired shape and size and also of any material which would be suitable for the purpose. By bifurcating the loops 4*, 11, and 14 I am enabled to obtain an extended bearing upon the cross-bars 3, 12, and 13 to hold the side and cross bars rigidly together. The extensible and contractible frame thus constructed is hinged intermediate its ends to the outer ends of two spring-actuated framesupporting bars 16 in the following manner: The outer ends of these bars 16 are provided with socket-pieces 17, which are hinged, as shown at 18, to the socket-pieces 5 at the outer ends of the inner section of the frame. These socket-pieces 17 are extended a short distance beyond the hinge 18 to form stops 19 for holding the extensible and contractible frame in a substantially horizontal. position when the frame is extended as in use.

Two brackets 20 are removably secured to the head-posts 1 of the bedstead in the required position, and the inner ends of the frame-supporting bars 16 are connected to the bracket by means of springs 21, having their outer ends 22 secured to socket-pieces 23 at the inner ends of the bar 16 and their inner ends 24 engaged with the base of the bracket 20. In the present instance I have shown a double coil spring of sufficient strength to return the frame to an upright position when not in use; but the shape and style of the spring are immaterial, as the specific form does not form a part of my present invention. The bracket 20 may be removably secured to the head-post by means of an adjustable clamp 25. An adjustable stop 26 is secured to the bracket 20 in position to stop the downward swinging movement of the free end 22 of the spring 21, so as to hold the canopysupporting frame at the required distance above the bed when the frame is in its horizontal position.

In operation, supposing the canopy-support o to be in its raised or folded position and the canopy-supporting frame contracted, as. the frame is swung down to cause the canopy to envelop the bed the frame may be extended by sliding the outer section outwardly. Because of the hinged connection between the frame and the spring-actuated supportingbars 16 the frame will be permitted to assume a substantially horizontal position, thus holding the top of the canopy at all points at substantially-the same height.

The weight of the canopy may be sufficient 16 upwardly and at the same time will permit the inner section of the fiame to swing downwardly against the spring-actuated arms 16. At the same time the outer section of the frame will automatically slide inwardly, causing the frame to contract as it reaches its upright position. This arrangement of the frame will not only permit the frame to be made of the length of the bed, but will also do away with the necessity of utilizing an additional head-piece for supporting the canopy at the head of the bed, as has heretofore been usual. This extensible and contractible featur'e of the frame will also permit the frame to be used in rooms having a comparatively low ceiling.

It is evident that changes might be made in the construction, form, and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim is 1. A turnback bedstead-canopy support having a frame composed of sections arranged to slide outwardly and inwardly with respect to each other and a spring-actuated support connected to the bedstead and hinged to one of the sections of the frame.

2. A turnback bedstead-canopy support having a frame composed of an inner section and an outer section having a longitudinal sliding engagement therewith, and a springactuated support connected to the bedstead and hinged to the inner section of the frame.

3. A turnback bedstead-canopy support having a frame composed of an inner section and an outer section having a longitudinal sliding engagement therewith, a spring-actuated support connected to the bedstead, and hinged to the inner section of the frame, and a stop for limiting the downward swinging movement of the spring-actuated support.

4. A turnback bedstead-canopy support, having a frame composed of an inner section and an outer section having a longitudinal sliding engagement therewith, a spring-actuated support connected to the bedstead and hinged to the inner section of the frame and a stop for limiting the downward movement of the spring-actuated support and a stop for IIO limiting the downward swinging movement ber, A. D. 1901.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. SAUER, P. S. CARRIER. 

